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Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #889455

An acrostic poem

Ships

Snapping, cracking ropes
Howling winds
Isolated on the sea-ghosts for eternity
Pale light breaking the horizon day after endless day
Sailing forever never leaving this rolling home
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